Today we honour the saints: the famous ones in stained-glass windows, and the countless unknown ones who loved God quietly, perhaps in our own families. Jesus shows us what they...
The tax at issue was not a general levy but the head tax owed by every subject of the empire. Father Fernando Armellini SCJ explains that it fell on men...
The tax at issue was not a general levy but the head tax owed by every subject of the empire. Father Fernando Armellini SCJ explains that it fell on men...
Jesus compares the Kingdom of God with a wedding feast. Nevertheless, the Gospel cautions us that accepting or rejecting the invitation is a personal decision, and God does not force...
The liturgy of the Word today begins with the reading from Isaiah about a vineyard in a fruitful place, and "fruitful" is the key word here. There is adequate soil,...
Jesus tells this parable after the leaders challenge his authority. A father asks two sons to work in his vineyard. The first refuses, but later changes his mind and goes....
Jesus describes a landowner who goes out into the marketplace all day, searching for workers. His question to the people in the marketplace is not, “Why are you lazy?” but,...
The Gospel shares the story of a servant faced with an unpayable debt. He pleads for patience, and while it might seem like the master would punish him, something remarkable...
In today’s Gospel, Jesus shows how wounds can be healed. When someone offends us, we have a guideline for our reaction: our first task is not to gossip or retaliate....
Today’s liturgy of the Word calls us to think and live differently from people of our time. For centuries, we Christians have been the avant-garde of the world in science,...
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